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Free Online Course

The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation at NC State University is offering a MOOC-Ed (Massive Open Online Course) titled Teaching Foundational Reading SkillsThis is a FREE, self-directed opportunity.  While this MOOC-Ed is designed primarily for K–3 teachers, others, including paraprofessionals, parents, and anyone else involved in teaching young children to read, are welcome to participate. 

The Teaching Foundational Reading Skills MOOC-Ed will run from October 2 – December 3. Registration is open now: https://place.fi.ncsu.edu/local/catalog/course.php?id=15&ref=1

 

This MOOC-Ed is organized around the recommendations of the Foundational Skills to Support Reading for Understanding in Kindergarten Through 3rd Grade Practice Guide, published in July 2016 by the U.S. Department of Education's What Works Clearinghouse. The course is organized around four major research-based recommendations, with specific classroom practices to implement with students:


1. Advance students' speaking and listening language skills, including vocabulary knowledge and the use of academic language.

2. Develop students' awareness of the segments of sounds in speech, and how sound segments link to letters.

3. Teach students to decode words, analyze words parts, and write and recognize words.

4. Support students' development of reading accuracy, fluency, and comprehension through reading connected text.

While focused on students in kindergarten through 3rd grade, the recommendations are also relevant for teachers working with older students who need reading remediation.

Please refer to the web link or contact Dr. Lynn Angus Ramos via email ([email protected]) if you have any questions.

Posted Friday, September 29, 2017